Mothers day may not be a recognized Zambian holiday but before you castigate the West for inventing useless holidays take time to just appreciate your mother.
Your mother loved you even before you were born. She gently caressed her tummy those nine months she carried you. She would secretly or publicly talk to you even before you met. When “D” day finally arrived she labored for you for 6 – 18hrs. During that time she probably said some 4 letter words directed at the midwives or your father but never directed at you! When she finally pushed you out or when the doctor handed you to her and she held you, it felt like heaven. She thought you were the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.
The next year you kept her up most of the nights but she was only too glad to be at your service. When you could finally walk, talk and perhaps even climb furniture, she looked at you proudly like someone had awarded her a Nobel peace prize. Those nights you were down with malaria, diarrhoea or a fractured limb she never left your side. She urged you to get an education though you would have rather dodged school. She scolded you for playing with Bana Mulengas kids but she was only trying to protect her precious child from bad company.
When you became a rebellious teenager she still loved you and spent most nights praying you would turn out right. You graduated from university or college and she was “ululating†the loudest in the crowd. Her little angel had done it. You got married and though she would have preferred someone taller or slimmer she was still happy for you. Now she’s a grandmother and the joy you’ve brought in her life is overflowing. How she longs to baby-sit her grandkids for you. Alas you left Zambia in search of greener pastures. For this precious woman who has always been there for you, for your number 1 fan why not appreciate her on this Mothers Day.
To all you mothers out there Happy Mothers Day!
Happy mothers day to mum in chingola and my mother-law in lusaka.Mum thank you for your love and all you’ve done for us.Love you.
Happy Mothers day, to you mum Juliet in Chingola,Thank you for all that you have done for me and my brothers and sister, you are such a great and wonderful mum, always loving you.
And Happy Mothers Day to my Mother in Law in Tanzania, God bless you.
You can only appreciate a mother when you go through it and see that there is real work involved in pregnancy, bearing and raising a child. So please let us give respect, love and support to our mothers.
Happy Mothers Day to my Wife Cassandra thank you for loving me and for being the mother of my children to be Dalitso JR and Mwaampa.
Happy Mothers day to my mum Suzyo Tembo and mother in law Nan Dunston.
I Love so much and may The Lord Jesus Christ guide you every day.
Is this in retrospect or something?I thought mothers day was/is 18th March what are we doing with it this time?
The person who wrote this must be preparing for Fathers day which comes June 17th.
But all the same its better late than never.Happy Mothers day to my wife and my mum,my sisters and all those ladies and women who are going through the tough of job of raising kids.God bless you all
Happy mothers day to mum Elizabeth in Kasama and my mother in law in Mufulira we are realy thankful for what you’ve done to us.May God bless you.Thankful.
TO ME AS A MALAWAIN WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MOTHER’S DAY BUT MOST OF YOU ZAMBIAN WE ARE CELEBRATING SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW. DON’T BE MUZUNGU. BEFORE YOU CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY FIRST CLEAN YOUR HOUSE AND REPENT,TO ME IT’S NON SENSE. BE PROUD OF EDUCATING YOUR CHILDREN AFRICAN TRADITION.
My dear Malawian brother Chirambo, it is blatantly and painfully obvious that you have missed the point! It’s about honoring the woman who birthed your african children and raise them in the African tradition you have just mentioned.
Its a day to recognise and appreciate the woman for being a good mom, that is totaly African tradition.
Now, has the dust cleared?
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